Why Refined Sugar is Poison For Your Body - Worst Sugars That Will Eventually Cause Cancer

Despite having been labeled as "empty calories", sugars are truly important compounds from the perspective of the human body. Humans have retained the ability to synthesize all forms of carbohydrates the body needs from simple sugars. This is not the case with the other dietary macronutrients, fats, and proteins. Following ingestion, all digestible complex dietary carbohydrates are broken down in the gut to simple sugars before they are absorbed into the body. Within the body, dietary sugars are converted to glucose, a major fuel used by all cells, and the primary fuel required by brain tissue for normal function. Low levels of glucose in the blood will impair the brain and cause permanent mental impairment or worse - coma or

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